The final assessment — the reign evaluation — 'He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one\'s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings' (בן שׁלשים ושׁתיים שׁנה בממלכו ושׁמונה שׁנים מלך בירושׁלם וילך לא למשׁאלת נפשׁו ויקבר בעיר דוד ולא בקברי המלכים). The phrase 'departed with no one's regret' (ילך לא למשׁאלת נפשׁו, literally 'went not to the desire of [his people]') means he died unmissed and unlamented. The double reference to burial 'in the city of David' 'but not in the tombs of the kings' reiterates the qualified dishonor. The Chronicler's final assessment is unambiguous: this king, who began his reign by murdering his brothers, who led the people into apostasy, and who died in agony, departed without regret. His reign is a cautionary tale of apostasy.

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